Let’s not become a BANANA republic
By Wayne Scott, joint chief executive of the Aggregate and Quarry Association AQA and MinEx, the Mining/Extractives health and safety organisation. We seem to like...
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Skill shortage – lessons from the past
By Alan Titchall, managing editor, Contrafed Publishing. In the October 2004 issue of Contractor magazine, the then chief of Roading New Zealand (which later merged...
Solving pavement water damage
by Vijay Naidu
New research is looking for affordable methods of waterproofing our road surfaces.
RICHARD SILCOCK explains a four-year research project in progress. WITH ROAD FREIGHT volumes...
A concise history of Kiwi roading
Richard Silcock explores the development and construction of the country’s first roads. WHEN THE FIRST Europeans settled in New Zealand their attention was largely given...
LeTourneau’s LW12 Tournatractor
LeTourneau was first off the blocks with a wheeled bulldozer, a roadable and manoeuvrable machine suited to many earthmoving jobs. Here we take a closer...
2016 RIMS Forum – new ideas, new connections
The Road Infrastructure Management Forum has become a must-attend event for the broad roading infrastructure management industry. Contractor magazine was a guest at the 2016...
SCRIM trucks: Sharp Eyes on the Road
The SCRIM trucks were back on our highways over the summer, with the last surveying completed over the lower North and South Island regions in January....
Dad’s idea – as realised by his son (Chris Olsen)
The idea of bundling performance contracts had an interesting beginning – it started with a Hutt Valley contractor and his son. By ALAN TITCHALL. TODAY’S...
Smart Shelter equals smart business
Ask three different people in the construction sector what comes to mind when they think of Downer and they’ll typically tell you the same...
Local authorities teaming up with NZTA – how is the NOC model impacting local government?
The NZTA’s new NOC model has affected contract work from contractors’ other main source of work – local governments which, around the country, are...